How to Configure Windstream Email Settings on iPhone

Headquartered in Arkansas in the USA, Windstream is the 9^th-largest residential telephone provider in the country. The leading communication company is also recognized for its excellent webmail services. If you are a Windstream email user and wish to access all your emails on your Apple device, you can do so by configuring Windstream email settings on iPhone.

This can be done using IMAP/ POP protocols.

Correct Steps to Complete Windstream Email Settings on iPhone

It is easy to set up your Windstream email on iPhone if you know the correct steps. You don’t have to be a tech-savvy person to perform the task of configuring the Windstream email setting on the iPhone. Choosing IMAP will complete the configuration automatically.

Take a look at the steps mentioned below to set up Windstream email on iOS effortlessly –

1. Tap the ‘Settings’ icon on your iPhone.
2. Depending on your iOS version, you will need the correct option.
3. For iOS 9 and earlier: Select “Mail, Contacts, Calendars”
4. For iOS 10: Select ‘Mail’
5. For iOS 11: Select ‘Accounts & Passwords’
6. Tap the ‘Add Account’ option > ‘Other’
7. Next, you need to tap ‘Add Mail Account’.
8. You will have to enter the following details in the correct field –
9. Name: Your complete name
10. Email Address: Provide your Windstream email address
11. Password: Your Windstream password
12. Tap the ‘Next’ option.
13. Select ‘Done’

You are done setting up your Windstream email on iPhone.

Those who wish to do it manually must check out the steps mentioned underneath.

Before you go ahead with the process, here are a few details that you must know –

• Outgoing Mail Server Hostname: smtp.windstream.net
• Outgoing Port: 25
• Sign-in Requires: Yes
• POP/ IMAP: POP3
• Incoming Mail Server Hostname: pop.windstream.net
• Incoming Port: 110
• SSL Incoming: None

The POP3 steps are as follows –

1. Tap the ‘Settings’ icon on your iPhone.
2. Depending on your iOS version, you will need the correct option.
3. For iOS 9 and earlier: Select “Mail, Contacts, Calendars”
4. For iOS 10: Select ‘Mail’
5. For iOS 11: Select ‘Accounts & Passwords’
6. Tap the ‘Add Account’ option > ‘Other’
7. Next, you need to tap ‘Add Mail Account’.
8. You will have to enter the following details in the correct field –
9. Name: Your complete name
10. Email Address: Provide your Windstream email address
11. Password: Your Windstream password
12. Description: You can simply enter ‘Windstream’
13. Under ‘Incoming mail server’, select ‘POP3’ and go on providing the following details –
14. Hostname: pop.windstream.net
15. Username: Windstream email username
16. Password: Windstream email password
17. Once you have provided all the ‘Incoming mail server’ information, you must enter the details of the ‘Outgoing mail server’.
18. Hostname: smtp.windstream.net
19. Username: Windstream email username
20. Password: Windstream email password
21. Tap the ‘Save’ button and select ‘SMTP’ under the ‘Outgoing mail server’.
22. Tap ‘smtp.windstream.net’ under ‘main server’.
23.  You must now ensure that you see the following information on the screen –
24. Server port: 25
25. SSL: None
26.  Tap ‘Done’ and go to the previous screen. Here, select ‘Advanced’.
27. Next, you will need to ensure the following details are displayed on the screen –
28. Server Port: pop.windstream.net
29. SSL: None
30.  You are done. Go back to the previous screen to reboot your phone.
31. The set up is now done. You can send and receive Windstream emails on your iPhone.